Add to ORKGMany African states experienced democratic transition following the third wave of democratization that spread across the region in the 1990s. Such democratic states became characterized by multiparty elections, tolerance for opposition tolerance, media freedom, protection of human rights and respect for the rule of law. However, recent trends show that democratic growth has stalled while its gains are short-lived in many states. This is evidenced in the rise in third termism, constitutional coups, military coups and digital authoritarianism that plagues the continent – suggesting a wave of democratic relapse and autocracy. One is therefore poised to ask what the state of democracy in Africa is and what trends and practices have led to a gen...
Over the past two decades, African countries have experienced major political transitions that seeme...
The two decades spanning the end of the 20th and the start of the 21st Century were important phases...
Over the past decade, a third wave of autocratisation has stormed the world, hitting democracies and...
Many African states experienced democratic transition following the third wave of democratization th...
Most recent accounts paint a bleak and gloomy picture of the state of global democracy. This is part...
The increasing threat to democracy from populist movements and authoritarian leaders occupies a prom...
Since the reintroduction of multiparty democracy in early 1990s, governments in Africa have establis...
Since the reintroduction of multiparty democracy in early 1990s, governments in Africa have establis...
Africa has experienced varied systems of leadership since the continent was decolonized. About sixty...
The celebrations that heralded democratic change in the 1990s in Africa have gradually faded into mu...
Abstract This article is focused on major issues surrounding the dynamic development of contemporary...
External actors have long shaped the trajectory of democracy in Africa. During the Cold War, rival s...
Democracy is on trial in Africa. Despite the gains experienced in the early 1990s when Africa experi...
During colonialism, African countries were exposed to severe living circumstances and human rights a...
This book shows that democratization in sub-Saharan Africa can be successful, even if the government...
Over the past two decades, African countries have experienced major political transitions that seeme...
The two decades spanning the end of the 20th and the start of the 21st Century were important phases...
Over the past decade, a third wave of autocratisation has stormed the world, hitting democracies and...
Many African states experienced democratic transition following the third wave of democratization th...
Most recent accounts paint a bleak and gloomy picture of the state of global democracy. This is part...
The increasing threat to democracy from populist movements and authoritarian leaders occupies a prom...
Since the reintroduction of multiparty democracy in early 1990s, governments in Africa have establis...
Since the reintroduction of multiparty democracy in early 1990s, governments in Africa have establis...
Africa has experienced varied systems of leadership since the continent was decolonized. About sixty...
The celebrations that heralded democratic change in the 1990s in Africa have gradually faded into mu...
Abstract This article is focused on major issues surrounding the dynamic development of contemporary...
External actors have long shaped the trajectory of democracy in Africa. During the Cold War, rival s...
Democracy is on trial in Africa. Despite the gains experienced in the early 1990s when Africa experi...
During colonialism, African countries were exposed to severe living circumstances and human rights a...
This book shows that democratization in sub-Saharan Africa can be successful, even if the government...
Over the past two decades, African countries have experienced major political transitions that seeme...
The two decades spanning the end of the 20th and the start of the 21st Century were important phases...
Over the past decade, a third wave of autocratisation has stormed the world, hitting democracies and...